Abstract: An interstitial source including a base suitable for implanting in a tumor and radioactive atoms of one or more isotopes, which are attached to the base. The radioactive atoms have a radon release rate of at least 0.5 micro-Curie (?Ci) per centimeter length, and emit beta radiation achieving at 2 millimeters from the base an asymptotic dose of at least 10 Gy. Additionally, the ratio between the beta radiation asymptotic dose at a distance of 2 millimeters from the device, to the radon release rate, is greater than 15 Gy/(microcurie/cm).

Abstract: Compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a door assembly. The body is supported by the chassis, and defines a driver compartment and a cargo compartment. The driver compartment has a cab opening and the cargo compartment has a cargo opening. The door assembly is coupled to the body and provides selective access into the driver compartment and into the cargo compartment through the cab opening and cargo opening, respectively. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door. The first door is movable between a first position extending across the cab opening and a second position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening. The second door is movable between a third position extending across the cargo opening and a fourth position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening.

Abstract: A 3D printer includes a print bed adapted to receive a layer of print medium, a recoater adapted to distribute the print medium onto the print bed, a laser source adapted to generate a non-interactive laser beam and an interactive laser beam, a controller connected to the laser source to direct the interactive laser beam to the at least one predetermined location, a plurality of fiducial features associated with the recoater, wherein the plurality of fiducial features are presented by the recoater while the recoater distributes the print medium on the print bed to form a layer, and a scanner connected to the controller to detect, via the non-interactive laser beam, the plurality of fiducial features and provide location information for locations of individual ones of the plurality of fiducial features. The controller performs a calibration to adjust where the interactive laser beam is directed to the print medium.

Abstract: A rotor for an electrically excited drive machine includes: a coil per rotor pole with, in each case, one first energizable coil unit, and a rotor core for holding the coils of the rotor poles. The coils have, in each case, at least one second energizable coil unit per rotor pole. The rotor has an interconnecting unit which is designed to interconnect the at least two coil units per coil in a manner which is dependent on an operating point of the electric drive machine in order to set the number of windings of the coil, and in order to electrically connect the coils of the rotor poles for configuring a rotor winding with an overall number of windings which is dependent on the numbers of windings of the coils.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to adjust device control information. The example apparatus comprises a light drive waveform generator to obtain metadata corresponding to media and generate device control information based on the metadata, the device control information to inform a lighting device to enable consecutive light pulses; an effect engine to apply an attack parameter and a decay parameter to consecutive light pulses corresponding to the device control information, the attack parameter and the decay parameter based on the metadata to affect a shape of the consecutive light pulses; and a color timeline generator to generate color information based on the metadata, the color information to inform the lighting device to change a color state.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for end effectors having an aperture are disclosed. An end effector may be driven by a reciprocating driver that drives the end effector in a reciprocating manner. The end effector may have an aperture therethrough and may be formed from a flexible high rebound material. When driven, the end effector may transfer energy from the reciprocating driver to a target treatment area on a recipient for therapeutic purposes. Energy may pass from the reciprocating driver and be temporarily stored within the end effector before being released and imparted to the target treatment area. The end effector may contract about the aperture and rebound to deliver the energy.

Abstract: A sliding cover for a salient-pole rotor of an electric machine for closing a groove formed between two adjacent salient poles of the salient-pole rotor, having a groove-closing wedge extending axially and in the peripheral direction, for closing the groove and supported on pole shoes of the adjacent salient poles, the groove-closing wedge having an inner side facing the groove and an outer side facing an air gap of the electric machine, and at least one bulkhead arranged on the groove-closing wedge and extending radially starting from the outer side of the groove-closing wedge, for reducing a power-loss-increasing axial flow along the sliding cover in the air gap of the electric machine.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer programs of the present disclosure relate to database cataloguing, information identification based on similarities, and information retrieval.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat press, especially knee lever-transfer press with at least one socket, with at least one base plate and with at least one heatable counter plate pivotable towards the base plate, wherein the knee lever-transfer press further has a control unit, by which the knee lever-transfer press is controllable in an open-loop manner and/or closed-loop manner and wherein the control unit constitutes a first modular unit of the knee lever-transfer press and wherein the socket constitutes at least one second modular unit, and the base plate and the counter plate constitute at least one third modular unit and wherein at least the first modular unit and the second modular unit and/or the third modular unit are separable from each other and/or are formed to be replaceable for functional comparable modular units.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine includes a rotor main part which has at least one pole core, at least one winding device which is received on the at least one pole core, and at least one contact device which is rotationally fixed to the rotor main part and which is coupled to the at least one winding device to conduct a current. The at least one winding device includes at least one winding that is plugged onto the at least one pole core and has two winding wire ends, at least one winding wire end of which is coupled to the at least one contact device to conduct a current via at least one plug connection.

Abstract: A salient pole rotor includes a rotor core which has a rotor yoke and salient poles arranged distributed over the rotor yoke in the circumferential direction, magnetic field-generating windings which are wound around rotor teeth of the salient poles and form end windings at opposite end sides of the rotor core, and a support device for supporting the end windings. The support device has a clamping and deflecting device and a roving winding with a roving by way of which a plurality of turns offset in the circumferential direction and encompassing the windings of a respective salient pole pair are formed and which for this purpose has axial first roving portions and end-side second roving portions. The second roving portions are guided over the end windings for forming a turn between radially opposite salient poles and are deflected along the circumferential direction for forming an interturn transition between two turns.

Abstract: A rotor, a corresponding electric machine, a manufacturing method and a corresponding motor vehicle are disclosed. The rotor has a cavity structure in a first winding head supporting structure and a cut-out in a second winding head supporting structure which are connected by way of feed and return lines for a coolant. Here, the cavity structure has an inflow region, into which a coolant guide of a rotor shaft opens, and a return region which is separate from the inflow region. In this way, the rotor is configured for liquid cooling of the winding head supporting structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (20) for an electric machine (10), comprising:—at least one rotor laminated core (30) that has at least one coil receiving opening (40);—at least one coil device (50) which is located in the at least one coil receiving opening (40); and—at least one holding device (70) which is joined to the rotor laminated core (30) and prevents an outward movement (B), brought about by centrifugal force, of the at least one coil device (50) in the radial extension direction (R) of the rotor (20) and out of the at least one coil receiving opening (40) during normal use of the electric machine (10).

Abstract: A sliding cover for a salient-pole rotor of an electric machine is configured to close a slot formed between two rotor poles of the salient-pole rotor which are adjacent in the peripheral direction and two supporting rings of the salient-pole rotor which are mutually axially opposite. The sliding cover is of a multi-part design and includes a slot wedge, which can be mechanically connected to the two adjacent rotor poles; a support, which is linearly guided in the slot wedge and includes a sealing surface of the sliding cover for pressing against at least one of the supporting rings and can be slid axially along the slot wedge in order to change the axial position of the sealing surface.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for end effectors having an aperture are disclosed. An end effector may be driven by a reciprocating driver that drives the end effector in a reciprocating manner. The end effector may have an aperture therethrough and may be formed from a flexible high rebound material. When driven, the end effector may transfer energy from the reciprocating driver to a target treatment area on a recipient for therapeutic purposes. Energy may pass from the reciprocating driver and be temporarily stored within the end effector before being released and imparted to the target treatment area. The end effector may contract about the aperture and rebound to deliver the energy.

Abstract: A door actuation system may include an actuation device to move a first door leaf and a second door leaf between an open and a closed position. The actuation device may provide an open preload force in the open position. The actuation device may provide a closed preload force in the closed position. The system may include one or more of: a first engagement member that may contact the actuation device and may allow movement of the actuation device to adjust the open and closed preload force; or the actuation device may be coupled with the first door leaf by a first rod and the second door leaf by a second rod, at least one of the first or second rod may adjust a length of the first or second rod to maintain the open preload force in the open position and the closed preload force in the closed position.

Abstract: A charging assembly is provided and may include a charging head, an actuator, a linkage, and a connection portion. The charging head may selectively engage a charging contact of a vehicle. The actuator may drive an upper arm. The linkage may be extendable and retractable and may be driven by one or more of the actuator or a weight of the charging assembly. The connection portion may selectively couple the actuator and the upper arm. The connection portion may engage the actuator and the upper arm while the charging head is not engaging the vehicle and allow a torque from the actuator to move the charging head in a vertical direction. The connection portion may disengage the actuator from the upper arm while the charging head engages the vehicle and allow a force from the weight of the charging assembly to move the charging head in a horizontal direction.